Shahid Afridi, You Are Our Hero Today and Always

Shahid Afridi, the limited-overs captain of the Pakistan team, has to deal with a heck of a lot of guff from the PCB and its chairman. Not only that, he has to deal with the stress of a constantly changing team (in which he has NO say) and defending team-mates of spot-fixing.  Just being a captain is a difficult job. He was the test captain for one match, and he did sensibly give up that position because he knew in his heart he was unsuited for it.  He is a great T20 and ODI skipper.  However, Shahid Afridi must want to throw in the towel some days, and give up due to the nonsense he's got to put up with.

Shahid Afridi, after scoring only 3 runs in the last T20

He is now stressed out because he claims he is not playing his best.  I say...who cares...scoring runs right now is not the important thing. Shahid Afridi, you are my hero today and always because you have not given up and you do not give up when the times are tough.  A lesser man would have walked away, but you have not.  You are sticking with the team and trying to guide them through this very bumpy time.  Chin up, you are an inspiration to us all!  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

No food post for today.  Just think of Shahid Afridi and wish the team good luck today for the 1st ODI.  Go Pakistan!